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Favorite Christmas Movies to Get in That Christmas Spirit
TR Robertson – As the Holiday season approaches, one of the favorite activities many families and individuals take part in is going through their Christmas movie collection or finding what holiday movies are showing on the various cable networks and settling back to spend an evening watching these movies that have a special place in […]
Read More →Irish/Scottish Duo Men of Worth Perform in Carlsbad
TR Robertson -Scotsman Donnie Macdonald and Irishman James Keigher met in 1986 at Des Regan’s Irish Pub in Burbank. This unlikely combination has led to 36 years of performing both traditional and contemporary Irish and Scottish folk music. The tremendous harmony and blend of their voices as well as a wide range of instrumentation styles […]
Read More →Thanksgiving Facts & Trivia For Your Day Of Celebration And To Impress Your Guests
TR Robertson – HAPPY THANKSGIVING Thanksgiving will soon be here whether we are ready for it or not. Here are some fun facts and trivia about this day you can share with whomever you celebrate this day with. These are also some fun bits of information to share as you gather around the table, and […]
Read More →Thanksgiving Holiday Traditions – Old & New
TR Robertson – Another Thanksgiving will soon be upon us complete with all the festivities and traditions that have been associated with this holiday. In researching Thanksgiving traditions, you must start with what many believe to be the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth Rock in 1621. History says that 90 Native Americans and 53 Pilgrims, celebrated […]
Read More →The Perfect Thanksgiving Meal and What to do With Left-over Turkey
TR Robertson -What most people remember about Thanksgiving is the food served on this day. Americans will eat more food on Thanksgiving Day than on any other day of the year. There are many magazines and newspapers running recipes featuring ways to prepare the turkey, best ways to serve dressing or potatoes, what vegetables to […]
Read More →Holiday Movies and T.V. Shows for Thanksgiving
TR Robertson – The holiday season is upon us beginning with Halloween. Thanksgiving will be the next “biggie”, full of food, festivities and fun. To get you in the mood, these are some of the top movies selected by a variety of agencies for Thanksgiving followed by some of the best television episodes with Thanksgiving […]
Read More →Why We Celebrate Veterans Day
TR Robertson (U.S. Navy (active duty 1971-1973 USS Bauer DE-1025/Naval Reserve 1970, 1973-75) The first of a few holidays for the month of November and December will begin this Friday with celebration of Veteran’s Day. This day will be a federal holiday for most government agencies, schools, and some businesses. Many people are familiar with […]
Read More →Travels With TR –Our Mid-East Adventure– Part 9
Museum of Egyptian Antiquities – Salah El-Din Citadel – Mosque of Muhammad Ali & More TR Robertson – Our final full day in Egypt, before a long flight home, was another jammed packed day with numerous stops as we explored more sites in Cairo. Our first stop was a quick drive several blocks from the […]
Read More →Travels With TR –Our Mid-East Adventure– Part 8
Arrival in Egypt – The Step Pyramid – The Giza Plateau & Sphinx TR Robertson -The last morning in Jordan began with another delicious breakfast, this time at the Hilton at the Dead Sea Resort, then another chance for Carolyn to float in the very salty waters of the Dead Sea. This time she was […]
Read More →Travels With TR–Our Mid-East Adventure – Part 7
The Ancient City of Petra TR Robertson -The primary destination for tourists visiting Jordan, other than the Dead Sea, is the historic archaeological city of Petra, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1985. Petra is in southern Jordan next to the Jabal Al-Madbah mountain that is next to a basin surrounded by other mountains that […]
Read More →What do You Really Know About Halloween?
TR Robertson –Happy Halloween Everyone! Halloween is the first of a series of holidays for the Fall and Winter season. It is a time for fun and festivities around the world, for those countries that celebrate this event. There is a tremendous amount of history surrounding this holiday as well as numerous superstitions and tales […]
Read More →Travels With TR–Our Mid-East Adventure – Part 6
Wadi Rum Desert Safari & Red Sea Boat Ride TR Robertson – On Day 8 of our Mid-East Adventure, we left the Intercontinental Aqaba Hotel, after morning breakfast, headed for a trip into the one of the most famous desert regions in the world, the Wadi Rum, 37 miles east of Aqaba. The Wadi Rum […]
Read More →NC Rep’s Into the Breeches! A Funny & Inspirational Play Now on Stage
TR Robertson — The 2nd play of North Coast Rep’s 41st season is the delightful play within a play comedy, Into the Breeches!, by playwright George Brant, with a wonderful cast of seven women and 2 males that will have you laughing out loud one minute, learning tidbits of history the next all surrounded with significant […]
Read More →Travels With TR–Our Mid-East Adventure – Part 5
Entering Jordan – Jerash – a Visit to a Jordanian Home – Arrival in Aqaba TR Robertson –As we awoke on Day 7 of our Mid-East trip, we would be leaving Israel and heading into Jordan. Packing the evening before, our group made sure luggage was on the bus as we boarded after a morning […]
Read More →Travels With TR –Our Mid-East Adventure– Part 4
The Dead Sea and Masada TR Robertson After breakfast at our hotel in Jerusalem, the Lady Stern Hotel, our tour group boarded our tour bus for another full day of adventure in Israel. Today we would drive 21 miles on Road 1 to the Dead Sea followed by taking a cable car to the magical […]
Read More →Travels With TR –Our Mid-East Adventure– Part 3
Inside the Old City of Jerusalem and a trip to Bethlehem & the Church of the Nativity TR Robertson –Our fifth day of the Mid-East Tour would be another day full of trips to incredibly historic holy sites, especially sites important to various religions around the world. Our bus would pick us up from the […]
Read More →Travels With TR–Our Mid-East Adventure – Part 2
The Religious Sites of Jerusalem and the Holocaust Museum TR Robertson -Day 4 of our Mid-East trip found us boarding our tour bus for a 33-mile trip to Israel’s capital city of Jerusalem. This city is a holy city for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. This ancient city has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, captured, […]
Read More →Travels With TR–Our Mid-East Adventure – Part 1
Departure and Tel Aviv, Israel TR Robertson -A busy summer of travel was recently capped off with a two-week trip to Israel, Jordan and Egypt for my wife Carolyn and myself, a trip that had been postponed for three years because of the pandemic and different travel restrictions as other countries dealt with COVID issues […]
Read More →Fun Facts and Trivia About the U.S. Presidents – Part II
TR Robertson — There is seemingly no end to the amount of trivia and unknown, to the public, information concerning the various Presidents of the United States. This is a continuation of the some of the fascinating historical information that will amuse and surprise you and add to your trivia knowledge. Ronald Reagan was the […]
Read More →What is Your Favorite Sandwich? – TR Robertson
TR Robertson — The majority of people in the U.S. have a favorite sandwich in mind when they think about fixing or ordering a sandwich for themselves. There are several sites on the internet where writers have gathered information about the favorite sandwiches, by state, eaten most often. In looking into this delicious topic, I […]
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